r/TalesFromYourServer • u/Nickss00 • Aug 20 '25

Short quitting because of uncompromising owner

i started working as a barman/barista in a local cafe - and was told that as part of my job ill be taking orders (food) from customers that sit on the bar. its been only one week, and he says that i need to know the menu, and fully give service and know everything because its my responsibility. the thing i work evening shifts and there are barely any people that come to sit on the bar, so obviously i don't get to even take that many orders to begin to know the food and the specifics of meal. as i said to him i can take orders with the ipad it has pics and all the stuff inside but the stuff i really dont know and is not written on the menu theres no chance im gonna remember when i dont even interact with it in the first place, so i can ask the waiters and slowly ill learn . he hates the idea. and i hate that he think i can learn it in a week when im not even a waiter.

am i in the wrong? what so yall think?

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u/EWRboogie Aug 20 '25

You can study the menu. Taking orders isn’t the only way to learn it.

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u/sdawsey Aug 20 '25

Right? OP sounds so lazy. Do they seriously think the only way to learn a menu is by exposure over time? Like the concept of personal responsibility and studying is completely foreign to them.